Llanerch-Ayron Halt railway station

Llanerch-Ayron Halt was a small railway station on the Aberayron branch of the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line in the Welsh county of Ceredigion serving the nearby estate of Llanerchaeron. Opened by the Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway, the branch to Aberayron diverged from the through line at Lampeter.

Llanerch-Ayron Halt
Renovated station building near Llanerchaeron
Location
Area	Ceredigion
Coordinates	52.2174°N 4.2328°W / 52.2174; -4.2328
Grid reference	SN475600
Operations
Original company	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Platforms	1
History
2 October 1911	Station opened
12 February 1951	Station closed (last train)[1]
7 May 1951	Station closed (official)[1]
1963	Closed for goods traffic
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

Section of the old railway near Llanerchaeron

Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway
Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Lampeter Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line Silian Halt A485 Afon Denys Blaenplwyf Halt Talsarn Halt B4342 Felin Fach Green Grove Creamery Ciliau-Aeron Halt Crossways Halt Llanerch-Ayron Halt Afon Aeron Aberayron

History

The branch was incorporated into the Great Western Railway at the Grouping of 1923, passing on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were discontinued in 1951, general freight in 1963 and milk traffic from near Felin Fach ceased in 1973.[2] The halt had a single platform and the line nearby was placed in cuttings to hide the line from the owners of the Llanerchaeron estate. The trackbed here is now a footpath and the platform, nameboard, and pagoda-roofed GWR shelter have been restored.[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Crossways Halt Line and station closed		Great Western Railway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway		Aberayron Line and station closed

References

Notes

1. Butt 1995, p. 146.
2. Aberayron Branch Retrieved : 2012-09-23
3. Llanerchayron Halt Retrieved : 2012-09-25

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• The Aberayron Branch Great Western Railway Journal Vol 2 No 16 (Autumn 1995), pp. 662–688
• Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway at Railscot

External links

• Llanerchayron Halt